" VENGEANCE! " The Vultee Vengeance Dive Bomber
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780874748666 |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87474-866-6 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust Jacket |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Author(s) | Peter C. Smith |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution Press |
| Number of pages | 188 |
| Published date | 1987 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 18,5 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
Of the major combat aircraft to serve in World War II only one has not had its full story recorded for posterity. And yet this aircraft fully merits its own showcase for a variety of reasons. Although an American aircraft through and through, the Vengeance was originally conceived as a result of a request for a dive-bomber by a French Mission to the States, with the deadly results of the famed Junkers Ju.87 Stuka staring them in the face after Spain and Poland. Before the concept could come to fruition France fell to the same aircraft which spearheaded the Blitzkreig. Britain stood alone, expecting daily the German army to storm ashore and repeat the process. Her aircraft factories were committed in the main to turning out the fighters which won the Battle of Britain. She had no dive-bombers of her own; only America seemed to offer hope of obtaining quickly a dive-bomber to do to the German invaders what they had been doing to the rest of Europe.
Much that was new to aircraft design and construction first appeared in the Vengeance. Special wing-form and construction techniques gave this aircraft a unique strength and sturdiness; a nil angle of incidence meant that it was the only dive-bomber designed from the outset for vertical attacks; trim-tabs incorporated made it the simplest of all dive-bombers to turn and control in the dive; airborne telemetering originated with the Vengeance and so on.
When it reached squadron service it served in the front line with four squadrons of the RAF and two squadrons of the Indian Air Force in Burma and also with five squadrons of the RAAF in Timor and New Guinea. Its accuracy was phenomenal, its losses negligible. It also served with the air forces of the USA, France and Brazil and the Naval Air Arms of both America and Great Britain.
All these facets are recounted in depth and detail. The author has culled untapped official documents in the USA, Great Britain, Australia, France and India to reveal new facts on this aircraft.
Wikipedia à propos de l'appareil
Cet avion prend place lors du début de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. À la suite du succès opérationnel du bombardier en piqué Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, la France passa commande auprès du constructeur américain Vultee affin de concevoir puis livrer un appareil capable d'opérer de manière identique à celle des Stukas allemands. Vultee conçut donc le Model 72 (aussi appelé V-72). À la suite de la défaite française, les commandes furent reprises par les forces armées britanniques (...)